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Franklin Park is a heavily industrial western suburb sitting along the Des Plaines River, and that riverside position gives it genuine flood exposure. Many of its warehouses, rail yards, and homes near the river fall within mapped Special Flood Hazard Areas. Because of that, a FEMA Elevation Certificate is a frequently needed document for property owners and businesses here.
A FEMA Elevation Certificate documents your building’s elevation relative to the Base Flood Elevation on the FEMA flood map. Insurers use it to rate flood policies and communities use it to confirm floodplain compliance; it can also support a Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA) to remove a structure from a flood zone.
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Franklin Park is a village of about 18,500 residents in Leyden Township in western Cook County, known for its dense industrial base along the Des Plaines River. Its drainage runs to the Des Plaines River system managed for regional stormwater by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD). Flood exposure is notable along the river corridor, so a meaningful share of the village’s parcels, both industrial and residential, lie in or near the Special Flood Hazard Area. In Franklin Park, an Elevation Certificate sets a building’s elevation against the Base Flood Elevation, the data insurers use to rate coverage, the village uses for permit compliance, and owners use to pursue a Letter of Map Amendment.
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The Des Plaines River runs along the village, and overbank flooding places many industrial and residential parcels near the river within mapped Special Flood Hazard Areas.
You likely do if the building, home or warehouse, sits in or near the mapped flood zone, or if a lender or insurer requests one.
It documents a building’s elevation relative to the Base Flood Elevation and supports flood-insurance rating, floodplain-permit compliance, and LOMA requests.
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